Screw holding screw driver



July 31 1951 L. E. YOUNG 2,562,347

SCREW HOLDING SCREW DRIVER Filed Aug. 12, 1949 INVENTOR. LOUIS E..You-s the same,

Patented July 31, 1951 UNITED STATES seen? A' lENT OFFICE My invention relates to a screw holding screw driver.

An important object of the invention is to provide a screw driver having means for holding the screw while inserting same in a screw threaded opening, the screw driver being highly simplified, compact, extremely, strong and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent durin the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout Figure 1 is a side elevation of a screw holding screw driver embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line" 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a similar section taken on line 44 of Figure 1, and, x

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a wedge plate.

. In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral IIl'designates a generally cylindrical tubular handle which may be formed of metal, wood, or other suitable material arranged flush with the outer end of the handle ID, as shown, and extending inwardly longitudinally beyond the inner end of the handle for a substantial distance. Near its outer end, tube [3 has a side opening I i for registration with the screw threaded opening I2. Near its inner end, the tube I3 is provided in its side with a wide slot I5 extending partially inwardly through the wall of the tube and diametrically throu h tube I3 and forming diametrically oppositel arranged shoulders I6. The bore I? of tube I3 slidably receives a straight cylindrical rod I8, preferably formed of tool steel. This rod I8 extends longitudinally through the tube I3 and beyond both ends of the tube, as shown, and is shiftable longitudinally of the tube in both directions. The rod I8 is provided in it side and near its outer end with a milled flat bottomed notch I9 having inner and outer ends and 2i. The notch I9 receives the nose of a set screw 22 mounted within the screw threaded opening I2 and extending 3 Claims. (01. 14550) through the opening I4 of the tube I3. The set screw 22 is slidable within the notch I9, and the ends 2!] and 2I limit the relative longitudinal movement of the tube I3 with respect to the rod I8 in both directions. The flat bottomed notch I9 further co-acts with the set screw 22 to prevent the tube I3 and handle I0 from rotating with respect to the rod I8, while permitting them to be shifted longitudinally of the rod in both directions. The rod I8 is provided at its other, end

with a long central transverse narrow slot 23, the

inner end 2 3 of which terminates at a point spaced from the open end of the slot I5, as shown.

The slot 23 divides the inner end of the rod I8 into opposed screw driver blade sections 25, which are beveled on their outer side and free ends as I shown at 26 for forming the usual tapered screw driver blade construction. The slot 23 conformably and slidably receives the wedge plate 2! to be describedhereinafter. The blade sections 25 are preferably pinched together and tempered. after the slot 23 has been formed, so. thatthe free ends 26 are normally biased inwardly toward each other for forming a narrow screw driver blade adapted to enter the usual lot in the head of the screw S to be driven. Arranged between the opposed blade sections 25 and within the slot 23 of the rod I8, is a fiat relatively thin wedge plate 21, having wings or extensions'28 on the sides of one end of the blade for engagement on the bounding walls or shoulders I6 of the slot I5. The width of the wedge plate 21, across the extensions 28, is the same as the outside diameter of the tube I3, Figure 4, and the extensions 28 form inner lateral shoulders 29 which engage upon the bottom or inner side of the groove I5, to support the wedge plate within the slot 23, Figures 1 and 2. The width of the wedge plate 21, inwardly of the slot I5, is the same as the diameter of the rod I8, and the wedge plate therefore extends entirely across the lot 23 and is as wide as the opposed blade sections 25, Figure 1. The inner end of the wedge plate 21 extends longitudinally inwardly beyond the inner end of the tube I3.

In use, the handle I0 and tube I3 are shifted to the outer end of the notch I9, and the parts I are arranged as shown in Figure 2. The bottom of the slot I5 engages beneath the shoulder 29 and shifts the wedge plate 21 outwardly within the slot 23, to the position shown in Figure 2. With the parts thus arranged, the free ends of the opposed blade sections 25 are substantially cont-acting and the screw driver blade may readily be inserted into the slot in the head of screw S.

The handle In and tube 13 are now shifted longitudinally inwardly until the wedge plate 21 spreads the blade sections 25 apart sufficiently so that the blade sections will engage the sides of the slot in the screw and thereby firmly hold the screw. The wedge plate 21 is shifted longitudinally in either direction Whenever the handle and tube are shifted with respect to the rod l8. The ends 20 and 2| limit the longitudinal movement of the handle and tube.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred embodiment of my invention but that various changes in theshape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

1. A screw holding screw driver comprising 'a hollow tube, said tubehaving a transverse slot extending inwardly partially through the wall adjacent one end thereof, a fiat wedge plate arranged longitudinally'of and within said tube and supported upon the bounding walls 'of said slot, a rod supported within said tube for sliding longitudinal movement and having one end projecting from one end of said tube and having the other end projecting from the other end :of said tube, said rod having a longitudinalslot extending transversely completely therethrough inwardly of said one end and terminating at a point spaced from said one end conformably and slidably receiving said wedge plate, said longitudinal slot forming in said one end of said rod a pair of opposed screw driver blade sections for insertion in the kerf of a screw and frictionally engageable with the adjacent walls of the kerf upon sliding movement of said tube toward said one end of said rod.

2. A screw holding screw driver comprising a hollow tube, said tube having a transverse slot extending inwardly partially through the wall adjacent one end thereof, a flat wedge: plate arranged longitudinally of and within said tube and supported upon the bounding walls of said slot, a rod supported within said tube for sliding longitudinal movement and having one end projecting from one end of said tube and having the other end projecting from the other end of said tube, said rod having a longitudinal slot extending transversely completely therethrough inwardly of said one end and terminating at a point spaced from said one end conformably and slidably receiving said wedge plate, said longitudinal slot forming in said one end of said rod a pair of opposed screw driver blade sections for insertion in the kerf of a screw and frictionally engageable with the adjacent walls of the kerf upon sliding movement of said tube toward said one end of said rod, and means extending through said tube adjacent the other end thereof and slidably engageable with the adjacent portion of said rod for limiting the sliding longitudinal movement of the latter.

3. A screw holding screw driver comprising a hollow tube, said tube having a transverse slot extending inwardly partially through the wall adjacent one end thereof, and a flat wedge plate arranged longitudinally of and within said tube and supported upon the bounding walls of said slot byopposed wings on the sides thereof, a rod supported Within said tube for sliding longitudinal movement and having one end projecting from one end of said tube and having the other end projecting from the other end of said tube, said rod having a longitudinal slot extending transversely completely therethrough inwardly of said one end and terminating at a point spaced from said one end comformably and slidably receiving said wedge plate, said longitudinal slot forming in said one end of said rod a pair of opposed screw driver blade sections for insertion in the kerf of a screw and frictionally engageable with the adjacent walls of the kerf upon sliding movement of i said tube toward said one end of said rod.

LOUIS E. YOUNG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 766,270 Lapham Aug. 2, 1904 2,227,466 Runge Jan. 7, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 100,965 Sweden Feb. 25, 1941 

